Backstage at Marc Jacobs

Friday night at Marc Jacobs—you can just imagine. Makeup artist Dick Page and hair stylist Guido Palau were on board (natch) and showed no signs of wearing at the end of New York Fashion Week.

The Look: Marc was inspired by the saturated coloration of the late fashion photographer Erwin Blumenfeld's photographs. (He shot a lot for American fashion mags in the mid-20th century.) Each model's makeup was a little bit different, since the makeup shades were playing off how Blumenfeld-esque lighting looks against a girl's individual face—think shadows underneath the lower lashline, pale skin, and pale lashes.

Guido gave the girls low ponytails with center parts. The severe parts were meant to "depersonalize" them. If you ask me, the look was very Crispin Glover in Willard. (Some of the girls wore hats, though.)

The Scene: Last minute Charlies, members of the MJ team were SCRAMBLING on their hands and knees to open boxes of show programs and distribute them on the bleacher seats. I couldn't bear to watch—it was a paper cut waiting to happen.

Meanwhile, the members of Sonic Youth were hanging out, since they were playing the show that night, and I have to say, I felt like I was 13 again while I was watching Kim Gordon get her makeup done. I used to be obsessed with SY in the early 90s. Check out their 1992 video for "Sugar Kane," which was actually set in Marc Jacobs's showroom and features his legendary grunge collection for Perry Ellis.

Lesson Learned: Inside, journalist/stylist/man-about-town Clyde Ray Brual chatted up all of his model friends to ask them what they were wearing. Their answers? Loads of Marc (not surprisngly), the odd Zac Posen bag, a few concert tees, and my favorite, a great pair of Steve Madden shoes. High-low, people!